Symptoms of damage: Symptoms of damage: Sucking of sap at cassava shoot tips, on the lower surface of leaves, and on stems. During feeding it injects a toxin into the cassava plant Causing deformation of terminal shoots, which become stunted Resulting in compr

Symptoms of damage: Symptoms of damage: Chlorotic spots on the leaves which latter coalesce forming irregular yellowing of leaf tissue Severe infestation results in premature defoliation Development of sooty mould Vector of cassava mosaic virus Identification

Symptoms of damage: Yellowing of leaves Sooty mould in lower leaves Dropping of affected leaves Identification of pest: Eggs : Concentric rings covered with mealy coat Nymph : With numerous evenly spaced short glass like rods of wax on the sides of the body Ad

Symptoms of damage: Infest stem portion Leaves of affected plants discoloured and dry up Stunting of plants Identification of pest: Hard scale, oval and mussel like Management: Selection of clean (scale free) planting material) Destroy infested stems Encourage